India: Truck crash kills 23 workers going home amid lockdown Accident in Uttar Pradesh latest to highlight extreme risks faced by poor under measures to stop coronavirus spread. Migrant workers along with their family members walk on a road as they return to their villages during an extended nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of […]
Macaque monkey trial offers hope BBC Copyright: BBC Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected in a subsequent human trial Image caption A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys. In a trial in the US, involving researchers from the US government’s National Institutes of […]
U.S. Retail Sales Plunged Record 16% In April Business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers. Josh Boak PAID FOR BY SC JOHNSON BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened the viability of stores across the […]
Aarogya Setu: Why India’s Covid-19 contact tracing app is controversial By Andrew ClaranceBBC News India’s Covid-19 contact tracing app has been downloaded 100 million times, according to the information technology ministry, despite fears over privacy. The app – Aarogya Setu, which means “bridge to health” in Sanskrit – was launched just six weeks ago. India […]
Delayed survey data blurs India’s coronavirus picture Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread of the coronavirus in its population because of poor Chinese testing kits, a member of a national task force said, complicating a decision on opening up from […]
5 vaccines in China set to finish phase 2 trials in July By Zhang Zhihao | chinadaily.com.cn [Photo/IC] China now has five vaccines, one vector and four inactivated, that have entered the first two phases of clinical trials in China, a senior scientist said on Friday. Vaccine recipients in phase II trials have reported no […]
UAE-India repatriation: 18 flights in Phase 2 of Vande Bharat Mission, 13 to Kerala Ashwani Kumar khaleejtimes.com (Photos by juidin Bernarrd/ Khaleej Times) From May 16 till May 23, the flights will repatriate more than 3,000 stranded Indians from the UAE. There will be 18 repatriation flights announced to India from the UAE in the […]
CASE IN POINT North East has 4,320 new coronavirus infections every DAY as Yorkshire is worst-hit for new cases Britta Zeltmann THE North East and Yorkshire has the highest coronavirus infection rates of any UK region, new data reveals. Research conducted by Cambridge University and Public Health England suggests the region has a coronavirus infection rate of […]
Key Announcements By Nirmala Sitharaman: Focus On Migrants And Farmers The finance minister announced nine more steps as part of the economic package. By Akshita Jain HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES File image of Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced nine more steps as part of the Modi government’s economic package to […]
Japan lifts emergency, plus other Asia news Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images People across Japan are being urged to wear masks, but infections are slowing in most areasImage cap A state of emergency has been lifted in most of Japan, after a sharp fall in new infections. The order still applies in Tokyo, Osaka and on the […]
